Giza, Egypt, Africa: 23:57 PM: A dim, grey light filters down the freshly chewed tunnel. The condensing carcass of the Cthonian releases a steady stream of fetid rancid odour and steam into the claustrophobic air, adding an orange tinge to the pale tendrils of surface illumination. Covered in Cthonian slime, Trixie, Gupta, Joe, and the…
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41: A Tunnel to Giza
Cairo, Egypt, Africa: 21:21 PM: “The night before the night when the moon is at it’s thinnest.” (On 20th July) This is when the Cult of the Black Pharaoh will attempt to raise Queen Nitocris.” What will we do now? Omar Shakti? Did he steal the Mummy? The Clive Expedition in Memphis? Go to the…
40: Rocking The Casbah
Cairo, Egypt, Africa: 19:00 PM: The night has enveloped Cairo, darkness shrouding the dusty maze-like networks of back streets squares. — The Clive Expedition moved from Giza (Sphinx and three main pyramids) to Memphis. — What to do this evening? Probably too late to go to Omar Shakti’s place to check it out. To our…
39: Walk Like an Egyptian
Cairo, Egypt, Africa: 18:18 PM: Heading down the Nile, Cairo looms into view. There have been recent elections in this young and turbulent democracy. Noise and smell. Thousands of minarets. The docks are in Old Cairo, beneath the main city, built on ancient Roman foundations. The impressive Cairo Museum is nearby. The investigators will want…